The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-21 00:00:00

SP.,ILV. LO,q stn MADRID, OCT. I.—TheOrtot lGovftrument hold their sittings at Aranjuez, bllikpont tilt Flo rida Blanca is their President. j i Wttflf ho yob ottgered Lieutenant General Urbina,.GovefflogrgfiStroyia .n tO bring before them, from the Smtoi. Ipio, the Tower of that plac e , hi s Prisoner VattleipPounsellor of State and Deputy of the Province of Leon.. They Lave at the same time ordered General Cuesta to Cave his army, and come to give an account of his motives for arresting General Valdes:, They have further declared Valdes the legal .Representative for Leon, Leon, and have rejeaed the mad chosen by Cuesta. In consequence of Cuesta's violent condual to one of the Representatives of the Nation, Mr. Stuart has refused to give him any part of the money sent to Austurias and Leon, by the British :gOvernMent. This proceeding of Mr. Stuart has given great .satis laalion to the Spanish Government. Cuesta, how ever, marched a detachment of his army to Robles, a small town- near to Leon, and seized 2 so,ooo dol- Lrs belonging to the British Government. General Castanos is appointed Commander in Chief of the arinios of Andalusia, Castile, Valencia, and Estre rnadura. These troops compose the central army, the effestive numbers of which are as follow Andalutia 25,000 Troops of the Line. Valencia 16,0c0 Castile 12,000 mostly Peasantry. Estremadunt 12,000 Total 65,000 . Of the army of Andalusia one division is still at Madrid, and one at Ocana. Orders were sent this day to the army of Estremadura to begin its march to Burjo dcl Ostia. The Marquis Dc Rornana is appointed to the command of the Northern army, at present under General Blake. The present strength of this army, exclusive of the Marquis De Montana's corps, is 30,000 men, of which more than one half are troops of the line. When the army of the Marquis will have arrived, there will be 40,000, two-thirds of the line, to which may be added 10,000 Asturians. . The army of Arragon will continue to be com manded by General Palafox : but - as he has been ordered to detach ;0,000 men to Catalonia, includ ing the division of the army of Valencia then at .his retnaining force will be but 15,000 men; a considerable portion of which would be pea santry. General Vives is to command the army in Catalonia, which will be reinforced immediately by 10,000 men from Granada, under General Reding. A Military Junta, competed of seven Generals, has teen eshiblished by order of the Govertimplt. Gen. Castan - os is the 'President, but this t lya;,t e 4.__prevent_ Lis" taking . the field forthwith. Gendral BLAKE'S army premf:cetkplek4lias. His appearance in this quarter apliews.,toilipie.:3laim,. ed the Feench as: to the praaicaullify,of r e_ I;ejt. They 'must either beat" "Ge . yeral )341(E, or :brow -back alien: right as far as San- gebastian„ rest- Ina their left . on Parnpelutia; but stilt their, position ouli be bad, for it .would be eas y to. come. on their rear uolt thrd •Sanguera, while the main' body 0 . , may attack their left at Pampeluna, and BLAKE could menace their exten4ed front in positions cho sen at his pleasure., ,Bnf [his".pfii),retwitev, Coin rirander in ChieG'aiid 'the - 3iititl;l , irqbatly,froin.a respect to the equalny of the Qe,ryrats.of,4e..difer- tit Armies, prekrreil a, c.ourlell:in Nayarre, 'General PALAVC'X' has pushed en_ a division to ..in guera. In Catalonia," LA'N . a..s occupies .puxja.. j and rTa as - , , ona. PE NA has two divisions of theAndalu ;inn Army at Loria ; - but his light trocs, K which are most excellent, have advanced asfar,aS Lo e gx.ono, .N.id driven the French out-posts . .acr.4..the CUESTA is 'the left of PENA. 1.1 7 1 4 Q have abandoned Aiilagto, P era tt a , an d ^th . e. ! other rs.tnull, pr:sts they occupied on the left bank or-the ld',bro. They have clire.:!ted their mareti)siwards' ,VittOria, I);V.)iibly ith the intention of brihting BLAKE W an action, but the country favours being put rentely mountainous. The present strength of the French Army is, ac cocting to the lowest compula'ion, 40,000, but is . „ .. 1 , ~ gener,iily suppa,eo to be 45,000. The 2.0,000 men landed at _Roche fort from Portugal, may reach the fi - outier of Biscay in fifteen days. Other reinforce- inents are expe&ed by the enemy. But with the aid of 20 or 3.0,000 British troops, to animate the new tortes, and to teach them, by their example, to stand ;he shock of battle, no doubt could remain of talcs successful issue of the war. It iSaer . ois error t_lat the Spaniards have expressed or felt any reluc tance to receive this aid. On the contrary, they are rno3t anxious for its .arrival ; and every individual, .roi;itary as well as civil—the GeneralS and the Ar- 1:t y, from CA STA NQS downwards—the Government snd the l'.cople----have expressed the greatest eager_ iitss for its arrival; and the most heartfelt gratitude for the offer of so important and seasonable an as- si,tance. It is particularly to be desired, that a part the itanded scccours should be landed in cata 'lonia, about the Eay of flosac, as it is thought the - .'le;ict i will ent c r that p rov i nce i n ccns id era bl e ;:drce i'ror fNsi...';:ft Said TO -HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY TER COVNCIL O.F•CA6TILE TO THE PROCLAMATION OF• THE EM rErtor. OF TEE FEEIs:CH, FROM BAYONNE., MAY 25, 1808. • " The Council of Castle, in the name of the Spa nigh nation, tenders to his Imperial and:. Royal Majesty, Napoleon, its most.respealfulacknowledg mews for the disposition ,be has. sb ti to Make .the Spanish people happy, availing hitnioflor thi s piu , Jose' of the sovereignty over the.cotmtty : 'he has de nved by the cession of King PEARLOS 1 3 - ki. drat the rest of the Royal• Family under 66-treati6l of .tho stll avd OIL of May, 1808. . - • The Council, rwhose determinations must be .regulated by the established laws of the Monarchy, iespeOing, as it ought, the'annunpiation of the will pf your Imperial itadllayal.Majesty,- deems it its dn:y :o it fori - n yop: that to fulfil . its own obliga tions, it is necessccry that . the whole of those Treaties should be imparted to it, to aseettain if the renun ciation, (if the Crown there stated be a valid or Uu ; gator,' aut. EaßATobr.—ln our Paper of Wednesday, in the para graph respecting America, for "Gout'," leaa " Get_pn." MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin. Dus-3 Gottenburgh, 3 Watcrford, PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELV O'CLOCK. Comols - - 66 i f 4 I Red. Ann. -65 i I. o mniuzia - THE SUN. 4QLtM Q 1.123 DiZZRZ fALSUM AUDIAT: L 0 D . 0 N , 7RIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1808. We this day received some New York Papers, down to the loth ult. from which we have made Extra&s, as well as from the American Papers which we received yesterday. The Federal Eleakins are going on very favourably, and there is reason to hope that the IiEFFE#§9NEAN, or Gallic, FaCtion will soon sink into utter insignificance. The ilemaßics on the President's Answer (in THE SUN of yesterday), to the Boston Petition, displaY great shrewdness, as well as .a bold determined spirit .of patriotism and 'philanthropy. We .are happy in 'fiuding that the general. opinion. in America is favour- able to Great Britain. The President, in his An swer,to. the 4o'stoilians, utters a glaring falsehood, . . . When, in reference to this Country and France, be says, gi each party indeed yvonldadmit our Com merce themselve , , with the view of associating us in the war against the other." All we required frOnn- America svas, fhat She should not join - France in a war ._against . us, by submitting to such re. strietions . upon her Commerce with France as were intended (or the ruin of the Commerce of Great Britain. We are glad to find that the cold unfeel ing manner in which the President has mentioned Spain, has excited the indignation of ljis country men. To say, in reference to the glorious endea vours of Spain to resist the Coriican Tyrant's at tempt to enslave her, that i! a contest for govern ment appears to have arisen," is to manifest 'a heart totally dead to every generous and honourale feel ing, and is particularly unworthy of the ITead of a free Government. Mr. JEFFERSON is called a ".cold hearted Philosopher,"—i hat his heart is cold and conttaded, must be readily admitted ; but a Phi losopher would have more enlarged views - than to abet the designs of an ambitious Despot; - and he Would look with no common degree of i,leasureoo those exertions in Spain which do honour to, hiaMan' nature, and set a noble example to all ages. We insert another Answer from the President to the Le cioislature of New Hampshire, by which it is mani fest, as well as by the other, that he is resolved to persevere in continuing the Embargo, iu spite of all the discontents which it has excited, and the tpisery which it has occasioned. The .Ir 4 arrived kesterday .. at Portsmouth from Gijon. Qn the 10th inst-she fell in with to Sail of Transports fromPortngal, under cOnvokofa Frigate,. in lat. 41.- 20. long. 11. 30. They were then about a month from the Tagus. They had: met with very dreadful weather, and had parted on the 24th of September from 39 . other Transports whiUh sailed with them.'" Theywere bound for Quiberon:- • The Fleet from the Downs sailed yesterday eo the Westward. Letters have been . received at the East India House, from Captains SIMI'SON 'and NORMAn, of the Extra Ships 'Union and Devaynes, outward' 15ou the arrival of thoSe Ships at Madeira, on Sept.'2Blh, with the Fleet under convoy"of His Majesty's Ship Revenge, all well, and were expOlccl to sail from thence the ad instant. '‘ Tile Council is firmly persuarle&-oPtlinfuth of the Eenerni principle, that 'trolikily can reign uhat i,, not his miq.l . ; that the GOv4Ptiinent i3:a tha. '.! i '-, trny sanaioned by the 14W of the ,kingdom ; and The. Meeting of the . irilici titant; of Westminster t gle reigning autlio:ity•can - only "s:urrentler that took place yesterday, and though we cannot approve ,- --,u wiIAIS in ;iii p.ett4-?nal i'4 l )4 411 a! pp:?qs.. •e .. • ..• • and not what appertains to his. successors.. the Fon4u6t of ;orne of ;hose Who took tt,e lead '"rhv COvflicil would hi:L.:yin remark, that the . upon that occa s i on , w trust applud their capdo . ar. f We detest their principles, but we thank them for their . °peones's. They have boldly and man fully pulled off the mask : they disdained to fight any longer under false colours, though for a time they thought proper to make use of the Convention in Portugal fur the purpose of entrapping unsuspealng credulity. They have now unequivocally avowed that they have other and very different objets in view from an Inquiry into the merits of a' Convention, or an Examination into the conclua of a General. 'Whatever epithets of disapprobation therefore we .may apply to their conduct, • we must give them credit for frankness. They have fairly announced their intentions : they have put every loyal English man, every friend to the Constitution, on his guard; and we trust the warning they have given will not be : given in vain. That Party, or rather that despe rate Faaion, which, though put down by the pa triotism and good sense of the Country, was not an nihilated, has always anxiously watched for, - and eagerly seized_upOn, every event which they thought likely to excite discontent in the country. They knew, by experience, that the people of England were no longer to be deceived by the senseless jargon which produced such lamentable effects fourteen years ago, they, therefore, in some respe&s, changed their mode of attack, but they never abandoned their ob jea. They_ dwelt, with malignant delight, upon every occurrence which could in any point of view be considered as injurious to the country. They magnified every disaster—they depreciated every ad vantage—they ridiculed the exertions—they decried, the successes of Great Britain—they extolled the skill, the bravery of our enemies, uniforrnlypalliated their crimes, and exaggerated their vietories. A party actuated by such principles, and aiming at stuck; an end, naturally seized with avidity upon tine late Convention in Portugal ; instead of expressing, the satistadion they really felt at an event which, in general estimation, had disappointed the hopes and expeEtations of the Country; they affeae4 to sympathize with the feelings of the Nation, and to deplore an event, which by many was cOnsidered Rs tarnishing the. Glory of the Country. They toe , k advantage of the public f ee li ng , an d with equal, dex terity and audacity, endeavoured to pervert that feeling to their own purposes. The attempt, in part, succeeded ; but it can succeed no more. If the faaion, after the events of yesterday, should prevail, they must prevail by their own strength.. No leyal Englishman, no man attached to the Sovereign And the ponstitution of this Country, can now be de renunciations stated are invalid; because they *cr not made within the boundary of Spain, and • be cause they were exacted by constraint and violencet " If your Imperial and Royal Majesty sincerely desires, as you profess, to learn the wishes of the Spanish nation, it hopes that you would be plea3ed to set at liberty the. Prince .of ASTURIAS, who has been proclaimed throughout the Realm , the legitj , mate Successor to th e C rown ; an d if, in this state of perfeal freedom, and within the limits of his ter ,ritoricshe should sign such a renunciation, the Spa ring) nrion will consider all difficulties and legal .ob .atades ren:roVed, , -and will feel itself authorized to acknowledge that Monarch ,as its Supreme lioler, which the benevolence and affeaiou of your Impe rial Majesty should nominate. for it. " The Coiincitsignifies its profou n d res p e a f or the Grand nuke of BcRG, and, begs of him to re ceive this linaible representation, and to procure its delivery into the hands of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, that when he shall please to take it into his lofty contemplation, the nation' may receive from him that solace which it expeas from bis acknow.- 'edged generosity. '" Madrid, May 3Q, 18O8." [Signed by all the Members of the Council, the Fiscals being iu attendance.] *** We are sorry that we are not able to resume the very valuable Article on BCONA2ARTE'S Campaign in Italy this day. It shall appear to-morrow, and wilt relate to the Battle of Vico and MONDOV t. ceived. They have boldly avowed that they care not about the merits of the Convention, or the con- duet of the Commanders in Portugal, They made use of them for a time to inflame public dis- content, but they have shewn that their real attack was upon the Constitution of the Country. They want what they chuse to disguise under -the specious name of a " Reform ip Parliament," and that, they will always propose, whatever by the sub jea-of discussion, or whatever be the objed- of the Meeting. The Propositions respeaing Parliarnentiri Reform were yesterday reje6ted ; and we trust that his daring attempt to entrap the Citizens of West nriuster will have its proper effeet throughout the ingdQm 5 and that loy a l m en w il l not suffer them- selves to be made tools to promote the ends of a designing,and desperate Faaion. WE have given in our preceding Columns some accounts - froM Spain relative to the strength and: position of the Spanish Armies. No a6lion of any importance has yet taken place. We are very sorry to find in these accounts some details te spe&ing the coodua of Gen. CUESTA, which by no means relied credit on him. It is said that be is to be,removed from his command. ,Since writing-the above we have received same 'further accounts from Spain. General PALAFOX'S army.h4sioiOed that of-Gen. BLAKE j' they amount 'together to 76,000 men. We are sorry toalearn that the TranspOrts with the Spanish troops from this Couptry on board, were dispersed in a gale of wind : .t1y..1 -Defiance met with 15 sail of them, andoonvoyed , them to Corunna. Sir PAvID BAIRD had not arrived when these accounts came away, but lie Was seen within two or three days sail of CorUnna.. Quarters . ' were prepared at that place for 35;000 men. ,Ti.zstA.TJONAPARTE was at Bilboa. Yesterday there was a Cabinet Council at the Fo reign o(fice, at which the .greater part of the Mem bers assisted. The Pawca left Portsmouth on Wednesday morn ing, when the works were manned for him, and the road, for upwards of four milei, and till he passed the outwdeks, was lined . with troops, who saluted as .he passed them. General fiyAntt's hussar brigade . still remains wina-bound it St. He l en's, but th e y will take the opportunity of the least shift of wind to start, and proceed for Corunna to join Sir DAVID 13Atap's army, to which. they. belong. The Duke of CLARENCE regains at' Portsmouth with his sop till the Fleet sails: •.' (41=11er41 CGTTOWS brigade will embark ;Is soap ag ever the Traaspons are reported tQ be ready tc. tewe them.. '4I.IERIC.I.LV Pd: - •'1: 7 .. :!.. TnE SCE:“?. ought to be remarked by men of all Pardo, the in .- I`}ihe discussions which take piace respeCting tontinumce Of the Embargo, not a word it ever - tittered-by the JarrtrtsozsmANT Party with regard (c) our FUTURE REVENUE—This is a subjet which Democratic Writers DARE NOT MENTION. W. have all, Federal and Anti-Embargo Writers of every description, over and over again inquired, what will this Country do for Funds, when those , depr sited in the Treasury, by our late ComMerce, are ex' hausted,? This is a question of the most seri' ous consequence; it is a question which Or opponents sedulously keep out of view; the/ . cannot be goaded into a reply; but it is a question which every Citizen whose mind is not bent on 1 211 ` Country's destruCtion should resolve in his oWr i rnincl It is a subjea of so plain a nature that all man of common sense, however partially accustom' ed to political speculations, can makeconclusions per' feelly convincing to himself. • Commerce has supported our Government and our plied our public wants. It is arrested—it is destroy" ed. Mr. JEFFERSON tells us plaint,, it is beet to de without it, and his partizans assure him and us that his plan is wise and must be executed. Shortly there will not be found a dollar in lII ° Treasury. Will Government at such a season, %loc* the greatest possible disadvantages, sacrifice our pub" lic lands ? The loss would be incalculable, and th• amount soon expended. Will they impose DIRECT TAXES ; they will be monstrous, and the peoPl! witbout trade have no means to pay them. Will they single out those of ,our Citizens whose success' industry has placed them in affluence—plunder and rob them of their estates ? Such villainy will never be countenanced nor endured by a just corn' rounity : or even if iniquitously tolerated for a time , the few would soon be equalized or ruined, nil d destruEtion descend to the possessors of ordinal fortune. THESE CONSEQUENCES OF A CONTINtr" ,EA - EMBARGO ARE INEVITABLE. Innuiti can point out no plan whatever of avoiding them• For Heaven's sake then, let the long prejudiced friends of Administration and its fatal policy, look al the approaching scene. We know that if the. Embargo be not urnovedi our Citizens will ere long set its restr;elionft and its penalties at defiance, Without entering into discussions of congibilionai poirkts and powers, every man knows and feel' no Republican Government can CONSTITUTI"' ALLY RUIN ITS CITIZENS, CHARGED WITO NO plum. This will remove scruples of Corr science and the people wILL trade. Mr. JE:, - kat},‘ SDN will have no Revenue on his : own plan to raise a physical foreeby land or sea, to restrain them. far While the Citizens wijl be thus reduced to a state Of nature, and while they will save themselves. tina • their families from poverty, by their own e 3- r ertions, still no relief 'will Miss to our ruined Ro" venue. The horrid consequences we have already suggested will be-ralized, or what is no less to b° dreaded must ensue—The Feierd Government, 0 7 , 1 c- 1 our pride, Qur happiness, and. our strength, be brokea up, its members dispersed, and its operations cease. • NEW YORX, SEPT. 10.-.0.A letter from Corol e6l . I eat; received by this mo rn in g ' s E astern Maion notmees the death of Governor SUZ.LIVAN, Ofllfassa chusetts. The information is probably totrree, as a Gentleman, who arrived yesterday, stated, that at the time of his lea v i ng B oston , t h e G overnor was con' sidered at the point o f death. REMARKS ON MR. JEFFERSON'S LETTER. I . We would always wish to respeal the coa nn uni• cation of our first Magistrate, especially when it 14 coached in language so civil and soothing as tlt° Letter from Mr. JEFFERSON to the town of Boston ; but we must not:4r led by its honied words into 3 Jeadycreclentp-of its contents. We have had enoug h of PROFESSIONS under this Administiktion, 0 " 4/ would now wish to realize that our Rtilers sytao d thize with the People in their distress, by seei l 4, l A some effort to relieve it. Now we kn&,v Mr. Jai' PERSON has not taken one step towards our aoC9 ol° modation with England ; and if he has done• all. thing More than send to the Court of the Collt i. .nental Tyrant assurances of obedience; we know f v2 relief is to be expecled, for at the very moment 11 ' 6 haughty N 4F OLEOIs j assures Mr. LIVINGSTON of h is ,. hearty approbation of all Mr. JEFFERSON had dorie, to please him, he positively declares, he shall not re' lax, and orders our Ships to he condemned. N ot so with England. While suffering every - insult' From ps, in non-intercourse and prohibitory laws; and *most abusive language from Government Riperl, accompanied with threats of our vengeance, O a • makes very concession to us, even to a deg . iee ladOry to ihe patriotic RINCtNEY; yet all is in vai n ' No adjustment must take place, lest it offend NAP' Laub!, and bring us into a war with FranCe, as if we wyre not already at ‘irfar, while her Cruizers arrest'